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The Systematic Studies on the Hypotrich Ciliate, Tachysoma pellionellum (Müller, 1773) Borror, 1972 (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Based on Integrative Approaches: Morphology, Morphogenesis and Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses

Publication date: 14.12.2017

Acta Protozoologica, 2017, Volume 56, Issue 4, pp. 221 - 233

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.17.020.7822

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Lingyun Chen
Laboratory of Microbiota, College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Xiaolu Zhao
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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Hamed A. El-Serehy
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Jie Huang
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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John C. Clamp
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC27707, USA
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The Systematic Studies on the Hypotrich Ciliate, Tachysoma pellionellum (Müller, 1773) Borror, 1972 (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Based on Integrative Approaches: Morphology, Morphogenesis and Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses

Abstract

Tachysoma pellionellum Stokes, 1887, a freshwater ciliate isolated from Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina, was studied in vivo and after staining with protargol. The population was characterized mainly by having the typical 18 frontal-ventral-transverse cirri; posterior ends of left and right marginal rows not confluent; five dorsal kineties and one dorsomarginal kinety; two macronuclear nodules near left cell margin with one or two micronuclei between them; contractile vacuole located at mid-body near left margin. Morphogenesis is characterized as follows: (1) in the proter, the parental adoral zone of membranelles is retained completely; (2) 18 frontal-ventral-transverse cirri are derived from the anlage of the undulating membrane and the five streaks of the frontal-ventral-transverse anlagen; (3) marginal rows develop intrakinetally; (4) anlagen of dorsal kineties 1, 2 and 4 develop in the parental structure and anlagen of dorsal kineties 2 and 4 fragment in the posterior region forming anlagen of dorsal kineties 3 and 5; (5) only one dorsomarginal kinety formed; (6) the two macronuclear nodules fuse into a single mass, which then divides. Phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of the gene coding for SSU RNA revealed a close relationship between T. pellionellum and the Oxytricha clade, both of which grouped with Kleinstyla dorsicirrata and Heterourosomoida lanceolata.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2017, Volume 56, Issue 4, pp. 221 - 233

Article type: Original article

Authors

Laboratory of Microbiota, College of Life Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC27707, USA

Published at: 14.12.2017

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Lingyun Chen (Author) - 20%
Xiaolu Zhao (Author) - 20%
Hamed A. El-Serehy (Author) - 20%
Jie Huang (Author) - 20%
John C. Clamp (Author) - 20%

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